Ham boiler



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HS ABELDANN, OF NW YORK, N, Y., ASSIGNGR TQ m BOLEE GE., QE

. YORK, N. Y., CORPORATION 0F NEW YORK.

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.application led June 22,

To all whom t my concern:

l-ie it lmown that I, HANS ADELMANN, a citizen of Germany, residing atthe city of New York, borough of the Bronx, in the s county of Bronx andState of New York,

have invented certain new and useful Imrvements in Ham lBoilers, ofwhich the ollowing is a specification. 4 This invention relates tocooking appli- 10' ences or apparatus and has particular reference'toboilers or cookers for hams or other pieces of meat or for thecookinglof meat loavesor the like, the invention relating to vdevices ina general way of the nature w set forth in Letters Patent of the UnitedStates'No. 1272883 issued on my application Ito Ham Boiler Corp. on the16thday of my, 191s.

,Among the objects of the present inven- 20 tion is to improve devicesofthe character indicated alon the lines of simplicity of construction,'c eapness of manufacture, and general satisfaction in practice. Moredefinitely stated whereas the boilers 25 of this type heretofore havegenerally in Yeluded a receptacle and a cover between which there isprovided relative resiliency during the cookmg operation to provide forthe lswelling of the meat while opking, in the so present case thereceptacle and cover when connected have a practically ri 'drelationship, and resiliency is provide within the bottom of thereceptacle by the employment of a false bottom resiliently mounted uponsa the main bottom of the receptacle.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the inventionconsists inthe arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter describedand'claimed, and while the into vention is not restricted to the exactdetails of construction disclosed or suggested herein, still for thepurpose of illustrating a practical embodiment thereof reference is ihad to the'accompanying drawings, in which 68 like reference charactersdesignate the'same parte in the several views, and -in which- 'Figure 1is a vertical longitudinal section of a preferred embodiment oftheinvention.

Fig. 2 yis a plan view.

. 8 is' a fragmentary and elevational 192i. serial m. 479,562.'

l- F ig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view indicating amodication.` F Fig. 5 is a detail elevation of part et tcferri'n'g nowmore s eciically to' the drawings, 10 indicates t e receptacie or mainportion of the boiler which is or may be'substantially similar in designand4 con1 to struction to that set forth in dgetail in my co-pending a'lication for hand operated ham boilers, erial No. 442,1'27, tiled hebiruary 3, 19,21. As set forth the receptacle\ has a substantially flatbottom 11 and vertic tical side and end walls, although in plan theshape of the boiler is oval so as to ap#- proximate somewhat the naturalshape o the ham which is presumed to he fitted theren into for boilingand which when cooked is adapted to be sliced into practically equate orrectangular slices transversely from one end to the other. Thereceptacle is provided -at its opposite endswith verticalv series' eri"d projecting outward and down@ to rack teeth 12 ward. e A f\ The covercomprises a plate 13 which'ie substantially flat and is so shaped as toslidably within the upper portion of the receptacle so as toplace 'theham or other commodity under al suitable degree of presh sure. ToV lockthe cover in pressure apply@A ing position the end portions ther-soft'are provided with upwardly projecting standards 14 each terminating inanoutwardly directed goose neck 15, to the eye of which is pivoted 'arigid hook 16 cooperating with the teeth of the rack beneath it. Thestand-1 ard .and hook are long enough for proper, co-'operation with anyportion of vthe recit: to teeth and yet permit the platepo the cover,to'extend well downward into the' receptace, Thus the cover may bemadegashsingle casting or drop forging with the standards "al with'theflat platejand it is thansA ti@ very easy to make and also easy to'manipulate and keep in a sanitary conditionn Whenthe. hooks areinterlocked with the selected teeth of the racks 12 the cover is held ina fixed position relativo to the receptacle. As indicated in Fig. 3 thestandards 14 have broad or fan shaped loewe lei so as to give greatbracing strength Without adding nia.-

terially to the mass of the cover, the thick ness of the material beingsubstantially uni- :term: throughout the Hat and standard portions.

It being borne in mind that order to,

prevent loss or waste during the cooking operation incident totheexpressing of the natural juices from the' meat, provlsion must bemade to allow for a certaln amount of expansion of the meat, in thepresent instance I provide a false bottom. comprising a plate 17 of any.suitablef material or .tinckness and upon which the bottom portion ofthe commodity being cooked will rest. This plate 17 is shown dat andsupported'V by re-A silient means adapting the false bottom plate tomove downward coincident with the swelling of the meat. #As indicatedthere l' as set forth in 12 of the rece tacle.

are three coil springs 18 arranged one at thesmall end of the boiler and'two at. the larger end. l also indicate two leaf springs 19 arrangedlengthwise of the bottom and' the coil springs may be attached by'rivets,

staples, or any other suitable means such as loops 21 struck from thelate 17. Either type of springs may be use to the exclusion of theother, and the invention contemplates other forms of cushions than thepart1cularl ones illustrated.

As shown 1n Fig. 4, while the lid 13 and standards 14 ma besubstantially the same dig. 1, I show armerls to provide resilienc.. forthe device interposed betweenthe standards and the rack portions In thisf orm of the invention the alse bottom may not be used.

, 2d is anchored at vits ends 'to the knuckle Each hook 16', which maybe pivoted as above stated tothe goose neck 15, comprises severalrelatively movable parts, the knuckle part 22 and the catch partl 23. Aspring and the catch and tends to draw the catch toward the knuckle.These springs 24 'are f strong enough for their Apurpose of givingsufiicient compression to. the meat for shaping it and yet will allowsufficient expansion of the. meat during cooking to prevent expressingtherefrom the valuable ingredients thereof, as already explained.

As a suitable means for holding the catch member in proper operativoposition wherebyits tooth 25 will always i'iroperly .co-op crate with aselected tooth of the rack ,12, I show a pair of guido rods 26 fastenedin an odset portion 22 of the knuckle and extending thencepdownwardparallel to each other and through the catch member and along which the'catch member is slidable.

tached adjustable stop means such' as a plate 27 adJustable verticallyalong the rods as by means of nuts 28l threaded upon the rods.

The plate 27 'will prevent an excessive amount of strain being broughtupon the spring 24, but for ordinary practice thev catch will notimpinge against the stop plate. Each catch member is provided with a lugor shank 23 throu h which pressure may be brought to bear downwardthereupon for attaching the catch tothe rack or ldetaching it therefrom.The rod structure 26 w111 constitute 'sufficient stiffness for the hookmember as a" whole to render the same equivalent to the hooks 16 of Fig.1 so far as the co-operation with the rack teeth is concerned, but thecatch member will nevertheless move freely lengthwise of the rods toafford the resiliency demanded.

It will be noted, furthermore, that in both forms of this inventionthehook pivots are located far enough beyond the vertical plane ofthe-racks to `provide that the hooks will yswlng clear of the rack teethby gravity l when the'lid or cover is depressed, and that the hooks aremade to engage with the rack teeth by beingl forced inward. I claim: 1.IIn a ham boiler, the combination with 'a receptaclel constituting a'mold for a ham or the like, of a cover fitted 'slidably within thereceptacle for compressing the ham,"said cover being provided.l withupwardly pro jecting standards, the upper ends of which extendoutwardbeyond the upper edge of the receptacle, andengagement means for thereceptacle pivoted to andI depending from the outwardly projectingportions of the standards, `the engagement members comprising hooks,each cf which includes a knuckle pivoted to a standard. a catch memberspacedbelow and movable vrelatively to the knuckle, and connectingmeansbetween the knuckle and the catch member providing for movement ofthe catch member resiliently 'with respect to the knuckle. f

2. In a lham boiler, the combination with a receptacle having rack teethand a cover slidable within the receptacle, of locking means between thecover and the receptacle comprising a pair of hooks flexibly connectedto the cover and co-operating with the rack teeth, each hook comprisinga knuckle connected by a. horizontal pivot to a part of the cover, rigidguide meansextendino. downward from the knuckle', a catch member movablealong the guide means but held` stili' thereby in other directions', anda spring anchored to the knuckle andthe catch memslidably movable`within the receptacle, of

'125 bar, and tending to draw the catch member upward toward, theknuckle.

Lemme leeg Meeus between the covert?. tte receptacle comprising e, pairof hooks em- `bly connected to the cover and cc-operat wlth the racktecth,cach hcokcoprisin 5 a, pivoted uckle, a. pir'o n para lel guida mswnnected thereto and. e-

ing dovmimr therefrom, adjustable means onthe lower ende of said mds, c

, anchor@ Ember Sudam@ along the ms *but held'.

,thereby from movement inl other directions reativel and a coil srinhaving its ende tc the humy e an the catch memn ber respectively andlocated between said .guide rods.

In testimony whereof ax my signature.

" HS ADELMNN.

